Star Track: Ted Berry

June 23, 2008

Former Christopher Newport standout Ted Berry continues to contribute to the pro basketball scene in Europe, though at 36 he's past his prime. This season, he averaged 8.7 points and 2.6 assists in 32 games for the Palencia team (11-22) in the Spanish league's Silver Division. He shot 108-for-232 (47 percent) from the field, including 40-for-104 (38.5 percent from 3-point range). When in his native Richmond in 2007, he founded the Tri-City Summer League. He briefly played in Poland, averaging 14.7 points and 5.7 assists for Czarni Slupsk but played for five French teams even before then. In the 2003-04 season, he averaged 14.8 points in the regular season and 18.9 in the playoffs for the "B" league runner-up Rueil squad. Before heading to France, Berry - a 6-foot, 175-pounder known for his jumping ability - played in Edinburgh for the Scottish Rocks since 1998. He frequently received British Basketball League all-star honors and became a naturalized citizen of the United Kingdom. He also played in the mid-1990s in the U.S. Basketball League and Australian pro league. Berry, who went to Huguenot High School, was a major crowd-pleaser for CNU from 1991-94 at the old Ratcliffe Gym. He stands seventh on the Captains' all-time scoring list with 1,352 points. He set Christopher Newport records for scoring average in a season (27.3 in 1993-94) and game (47 at Salisbury in December 1993).

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